Horseshoe.



P. F. BURKE.

HORSBSHOE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 11, 1912.

Patented Apr. 28, 1914.

' Pwi'kBw-M PATRICK F. BURKE, OF NEW/V YORK, N. Y.

HORSESHOE.

To (ZZZ ll/71.0772 it may concern Be it known that I, PATRICK F. BURKE,citizen of the United States, residing at Xew York, in the county of NewYork and State of Xew York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Horse shoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to horse shoes and has as its" primary aim toprovide a shoe adapted for ordinary use and which, when in use, willafford a firm support for the hoof, effectually prevent forward,backward or sidewise slipping on smooth or icy surfaces and preventoverturning of the hoof, and which, aside from its adaptation toordinaryuse, will possess particular advantages in instances where the horseshod therewith has acquired the habit of walking close. It is awell-known fact that a horse having this habit will, in walking, strikethe inner side of one hoof against the opposite leg at or adjacent thefetlock joint, resulting in a laceration or a bruising of the skin andflesh. Particularly is injury likely to be caused when the shoe upon thehoof is provided with a depending flange for the outer surface of theflange is practically in every instance continuous with the outersurface of the hoof and the outline of its lower edge is consequently ofgreater diameter than the natural diameter of the under side of thehoof. The provision of such a flange is however, desirable, inasmuch asit prevents slipping of the hoof upon slippery surfaces and enables thehorse to obtain a better foothold in the road surface, and it istherefore an aim of the present invention to provide a horse shoe havingsuch a flange which shoe may, however, be readily and quickly adaptedfor use by a horse having the habit of walking close.

Another aim of the present invention is to provide a horse shoe of suchformation that its upper or hoof engaging side will conform to the underside of the hoof to which the shoe is applied and firmly and comfortablysupport the hoof.

F or a full understandin of the invention reference is to be had to thefollowing description and accompanying drawing, in which t- Figure l isa perspective view of the shoe embodying the present invention, it being1 pery surfaces, is increased.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 11, 1912.

Patented Apr. 2%, 1914.

Serial No. 736,135.

in condition for ordinary use and applied. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan viewof the shoe in condition for ordinary use. Fig. 3 is a view similar toFig. 2 but illustrating the condi. tion of the shoe after its adaptationfor use by a horse having the habit of walking close. Fig. i is avertical transverse sectional view in detail illustrating the conditionof the shoe when adapted for-ordinary use. Fig. 5 is a view similar toFig. 4: illustrating the shoe in the condition shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 6is a view illustrating a slight modification of the invention. Fig. 7 isa view similar to Fig. 5 illustrating a further modification.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawingby the same reference characters.

In the drawing the body of the shoe is indicated by the numeral 1 and sofar as concerns its general outline is substantially of the ordinaryform. The body is provided at suitable points, here shown as at thefront and one side, with the usual upstanding clips 2 which rest againstthe surface of the hoof and serve to brace the connection of the shoe tothe hoof. The body 1 is formed upon its under side and at its outer edgewith a depending flange 8 which extends throughout the entire length ofsaid outer edge of the body and which is preferably inclined so as tonormally extend at all points, downwardly and outwardly with its outersurface continuous with the surface of the hoof. More specificallyspeaking, the shoe is exterior-1y unguliforin. ilhe body 1 of the shoeis provided at intervals with the usual nail openings at, these openingsbeing located inwardly of the flange 3, as clearly shown in the firstthree figures of the drawing. The flange 3 at its ends, or in otherwords, at the heel of the shoe, is increased in thickness as indicatedat 5 so as to form heel calks and the flange is similarly increased inthickness as at 6 at the toe of the shoe so as to form a toe calk. itbeing understood that the toe and heel are the parts of the shoe whichreceive the impacts and that by thickening the flange at these pointsaccidental overturning of the flange is provided against and itsefiiciency as a means for preventing slipping on slip- Between itstl'iickened portions 5 and 6, or more specifically, at the sides of theshoe, the flange 3 is of uniform thickness and its thickness isconsiderably less than the width of the body of the shoe at the sidesthereof.

lfor the sake of convenience in describing other striurtural features ofthe shoe, that portion of t flange at the outer side of the shoeindicated specifically by the refercnce character 3 and the oppositeportion or that which is located at the inner side of the shoe isindicated by the character 3. ln order to brace the portion 3 of theflange against overturning and to add to its eflicieney as a means forpreventing slipping of the shoe, lugs 7 are formed integral with theunder side of the body 1 and the inner side of the said portion 3 of theflange, and these are preferably arranged one immediately rearwardly ofthe thickened POl'lllOjil 6 and the other immediately forwardly of thethickened portion 5 at the rear side of the shoe and the lugs preferablyextend parallel and the entire width of the under side of the body 1 andthe entire heightof the flange at its said portion 3'; furthermore, thelower edges of the lugs are pi.'ei'.erabl y located in the planeoccupied by the under edge of the flange 3, as a whole. it the oppositeside of the shoe there are provided lugs 8 preferably arranged in sulstmnially the same manner as the lugs 7. 'lhese lugs S are integral attheir upper ends with the under side of the body 1 but are preferaliilyspaced from the inner side of the portion 3 of the flange throughouttheir entire or substantially their entire height so that each lug 8 hasa side or edge 9 which is presented toward or spaced from the inner sideof the portion 3 of the flange and it is preferable that this edge orside 9 of each ll'lD' be inclined downwardly and inwardly, or in otherwords, in a direction opposite to the directlon of inclination of theinner side of the said portion 3 of the flange so that an invertedif-shaped kerf 10 is formed between the said edges of the lugs and thesaid inner face of the flange.

in the form of the invention shown in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, the edge 9of each log 8 is spaced from the portion 3 of the flange except adjacentthe upper end of the lug where it is integrally connected with theflange for a short distance, at ll. However, this edge of each. lug maybe entirely spaced from the flange, or in other words the lug may bebodily removed or spaced from the flange, as shown in Figs. (3 and T ofthe and while the lugs are here shown drawi as fl at sided, they may beof invented trusteconical form, as shown in Fig. 7, or in fact may takeany other form found desirable or suitable, and it will furthermore befound that it is not absolutely essential that the lugs l and 8 bearranged in the precise relation shown in the several figures of thedrawing, but they may extend at various angles with relation to theflange 3 and may be spaced apart a greater or less distance than hereshown; also that a greater or less inunber of lugs may be employed thanshown i a the drawing.

hen the shoe is in condition for ordinary use, the portion 3 of itsflange wi l be iii-- clined, as shown in Fig. l. and spaced from theadjacent sides or edges of the lugs S and with the flange in thisconditilm and in this relation to the said lugs 8, the shoe adapted foruse upon the boots of horses not having the habit of walking close ll'hen,

however, a horse having this habit is shod with the shoes embodying thepresent invention, the blacksmith will strike in the portion 3" of theflange of the shoe so that it will rest against the inclined sides oredges of the lugs 8 in the manner shown in Fig. 5 of the drawing. Itwill be apparent that, while, as stated above, the portion 3" of theflange is struck in so as to rest against the sides or edges of the lugs8, it may be left spaced a slight distance therefrom so as to assumemore clearly a v rtica position, but in any event it will be apparentthat by striking in the flange in the manner shown and described, itssharp edge will be prevented from coming in contact with the animalslimbs at the fetlocl: joint and laceration of the skin and flesh willnot be liable to occur. It is to be further noted that if the portion 8of the flange has been struck-in to position against the lugs 8, it willbe firmly braced by the lugs and will not be liable to be furtheroverturned or battered down.

By referring to Figs. l and 5 it will be noted that the body 1 of theshoe is inclined downwardly and inwardly, continuously, from its outerto its inner edge so that the upper side of the shoe may be said. to beconcave and, being of this form, it will more perfectly conform to thecontour of the un der side of the hoof against which it is secured andthe hoof will. be more firmly and comfortably supported than wouldotherwise be the case. Of course, in manufacturing the shoes they willbe made right and left the shoes being always applied with the portions3 of their flange presented inwardly or in other words, toward theopposite hoof.

Having thus described the invention what is el aimed as new is 1. Ahorse shoe having a body provided with a depending flange, and logsintegral with and projecting from the under side of the body at eachside of the shoe, the lugs at the outer side of the shoe being alsointegral with the said flange and the lugs at the inner side of the shoebeing spaced from the flange and having their sides which are presentedtoward the flange inclined upwardly toward the flange and inergin withthe same substantially at the line 0 juncture of the flange with thebody of the shoe.

2. A horse shoe having a body provided with a depending flange, and lugsintegral with and projecting from the under side of the body at eachside of the shoe, the lugs at the outer side of the shoe being alsointegral with the said flange and the lugs at the inner side or the shoebeing spaced from the flange and having their sides which are presentedtoward the flange inclined upwardly toward the flange and merging withthe same substantially at the line of juncture of the flange Q with thebody of the shoe and arranged to constitute supports for the flange whenthe flange is struck-1n to position thereagainst.

3. A hores shoe comprising a body having a downwardly and outwardlyinclined flange located at its outer edge and lugs projecting from theunder side of the body and each having a side spaced from the flange andinclined downwardly and'inwardly, the angle of inclination of the saidside of each lug and the opposing portion of the flange beingsubstantially the same and the lower edge of the flange and the lowerends of the lugs occupying the same horizontal plane.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PATRICK F. BURKE. [L. s] lVitnesses:

J. D. YOAKLEY, SAMUEL N. AOKER.

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